296 MELASTOMACEAE. 



SCnUTRINIA. 



{rinnti!;. Petala quinr|ue olxnata i^ntoiitii purpurca. Stamina deceni 

 ae(|ualia, filanicnla lif;ulata (lccliiiata; antliciae iiiii|)orosae, connectivo 

 lon{;o siirsuin prodiicto niulo. Ovarium ploi»osiiin lihcniin , carpidia se- 

 palis antcposita , vcrticc niiduni , decenicostadiin (|uiii(|iiel()culare, ovula 

 plurima anatropa, placcntis loculorum an^nlo centrali ani.xis undi(|uc 

 inscrta. St) lus incnrvatus deciduus. Sti{;ma siniplex. Capsula calyce 

 vestita sul)f;l()t)osa (|iiin(|Uclocularis, car|)clla sepalis antcposita decem- 

 costata. loculicidc dchiscens , placentis basi dilatatis, axi centrali adna- 

 tis, lociiloruni ccntruin occupantibus, undi(|ue seminiljus tectis. Semina 

 prismatica (juadri-sexangulata , testa reticulata relaxata , embryoneiu 

 niulto minorcm indudcns. Enibryonis recti exalbuminosi radicula cen- 

 tripeta cylindrica, cotyledones applicatae ae(|ualcs. — Frutices arbore- 

 scentes scx — decempcdales: cortice trunci cinereo-albido, ramulis junio- 

 ribus teretibus viridibus; foliis oppositis petiolatis lanceolato-oblonpis, 

 basi apicei^ue attenuatis 3 — 5-nerviis crenatis, vernationc levobitis*), flo- 

 ribus brevissime pedunculatis speciosis terminalibus. 



1. SCnW. SUPERBA Karsten 1. cit. 13. tab. 4. f — Ramis tcrctihus glabris ; foliis 

 lanceolntis, iii acumen longum subcallosum angustatis , versus apiccm ail marginem 

 revolutis , crenato-tlenticulatis dlscolnribus , supra obscure viridibus glabris nitidis, 

 subtus pnHidioril)us , venulis traiisversalibus |iarallelis subtilissinie striatis , angulo 

 nervali pilosiusculo; cnlycis limbus pateiis subquinijiiangulatus , mucrone sepa- 

 lorum minuto calloso. ^ — Crescit in Cunibre de Valenzia inter oppida Puerto Ca- 

 bello et Valenzia. 



2. SCUW. BARIUNERVIS Kltzsch. mss. in Karsten. 1. c. 13 adn. — Foliis lanceolato- 

 obloMgis, bnsi rotundatis , integerrimis, apicem versus serratis angustatis glabris, 

 nngulo iiervali barbato; calycis limbus quin(|uedeiitatus, dentibus obtuse triangulari- 

 bus, mucrone minuto calloso. \) — Crescit in Columbia. 



6172. tAVOlSIER.V DC. 



(DC. Prodr. III. 102. — Wlprs. Repert. II. 118. et 91(5. V. 078.) 

 1. L. RETICULATA IMoric. Pl. nouv. d'Amerique 170. f tab. 99. — Fruticosa raraosis- 

 sima, tota pilis brevibus capitato-glandulosis glutinosis conspersa : raniis subtetrago- 

 nis ; foliis quadrifariam imbricatis integerrimis oblongis sessilibus, basi multinerviis 

 semiamplexicaulibus, apice obtusiusculis reticulatovenosis; tloribus terminalibus soli- 

 tariis sessilibus; calycis tubo ovato-globoso costato, lobis sex lanceolatis acutis cilia- 

 tis longiore; antberis duodecim dissimilibus. [) — Crescit ia montibus ad Igre- 

 gia Velbain in Brasilia. 



6192. SOXERILA Rxb. 

 (Wlprs. Repert. II. 122. V. 684.) 



1. S. ELEC.OS Wght. Spicil. Neilgherr. I. 57. tab. 07/,. et Icon. plant. tab. 905/,. — 

 Ilerbacea erecta ramosa pilosa : follis petiolatis penninerviis ovato-cordatis v. corda- 

 tis acuminatis serrulatis ; pedunculis terminaHbus cymosodichotomis, ramis demum 

 clongatis ; floribus numerosis secundis; caljcibus pubescentibus ; petalis ovatis acu- 

 tis ; antheris longe porosis ; capsulis hirsutis conlcis trigonis calycis limbo coro- 

 natis ; seminibus pilosis. 2j. — Crescit in India orientall (Neilgherries) ad Sisparah. 



2. S. VERSICOLOR Wght. Icon. plant. tab. 1057. — Herbacea : caulibus erectis tere- 

 tibus pilosis, demum glabratis, costa e.xigua a foliis decurrente notatis ; foliis oppo- 

 sitis ovatis v. basi subinaequalibus, acutis v. subacumiiiatis crenulatis, utrinque pube- 

 scentibus penninervils; pedunculis axlllaribus termiiialibusque, racemis secundis mul- 

 tiHoris; calycibus glabris ; petalis obovatis cuspidatis; antheris basi cordatis rostra- 



♦) Legendum orit marrjine revolufis. (Cf. caeterum Walpers, Epikritisches 

 Sendschreiben an Uerrn Hermann Karsten.) 



